Lanier Practice

Fished Lanier yesterday for the first time in close to 20 years. The lake is currently 5.6 feet above full pool and that is down a couple of feet from a week ago.
Managed to catch a limit but not pleased with the size. Making a location and tactics change next week. Lanier is a huge lake and it takes several days to check different areas and there are always several ways to catch them. Just got to get the right ones...
Below is a pic of one of the few areas of rip rap I saw all day. The lake is so high unless you know where it is you won't know where it is. You can also see that most of the docks are not accessible from the bank.

Norman Recap

Fished the Anglers Choice inaugural NC Trail tournaments at Norman last weekend. We ended up with 10 and a half day one and 9 and a half day two. The frustrating thing is we were doing the right things but just couldn't get in the right areas or get our timing right. I spoke with several guys who did real well and a crank bait and chatterbait was the bait of choice. Andy had gotten on a good bite Friday but I guess the weather moved those fish off to deeper water and we couldn't find them.
Excellent run trail with fantastic payback for the entry with a chance to fish for a new Ranger in September.
Heading to Lake Lanier on Saturday to begin prefishing for the second stop on the PBC trail. Lake is 5.6 feet high and most ramps are closed. Should be an interesting trip!

Murray PBC Tournament Report

The tournament didn't turn out like I hoped but we had a good showing as far as points go. 115 boats will be fishing this trail and they will pay 11 places per tournament. A few less places than the normal 20% but if you get in the money you will get a good check.
We blasted off boat 7. Would have loved to have been in the last flight. Our check in time was 3:00, last flight was 4:15. Could have really used another hour to fish.
We ended up with 4 fish for 14 1/2 pounds.  Caught two good ones on our second stop, one about 10:00, and the final good one at about 12:00. We needed some sun but it didn't come out until late.
Final two flights moved us from top 10 to 24th. It took 20 lbs to win so we were one big bite away. Another keeper would have went a long way in the points as well.
Next week I will be at Norman practicing for the Anglers Choice tournament which is two weeks away. New trail for this area so hope to see a good turn out. I will report back next weekend on how practice goes.
Also want to put a plug in for the Ranger Z521C. My partner has that boat and we used it for the tournament. I ran the boat all day and was extremely impressed with the ride and power. Fully loaded we were able to hit 70 and the boat drove absolutely perfect.